Junts per Catalunya
Lluís Puig returns to Catalonia and will take up his seat at the Parlament today
The former Junts Culture Conseller, who has spent nine years away from Catalonia following the referendum on October 1, 2017, will speak this Thursday in the plenary of the Parlament, where he will be received by House President Josep Rull.
The Court of Auditors has acquitted Puigdemont and the 34 accused of the expenses of the Catalan sovereign process
Puigdemont: "We went into exile to make politics, and that's what we'll be back for."
The former President of Catalonia and leader of the Junts has not specified the date of his return and has described the decision of the Constitutional Court as "a failure of the strategy of the Spanish public authorities to prevent and delay the application of the Amnesty Act".
Sanchez warns the PP and Junts: "History will judge you sooner than you think and firmer than you think."
The President of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez, has warned the PP and Junts that if the housing decrees are finally rejected, "history will judge you sooner than you think and firmer than you think."
Thousands of people take part in the Diada demonstrations in Barcelona, Girona and Amposta
At the Diada Day demonstrations held this afternoon in Barcelona, Girona and Amposta (Tarragona), the ANC announced the convening of a summit of associations for independence to organise a "great mobilization" for next year. In 2027 it will be ten years since the referendum for independence, in which they want to mark a new milestone.
The exemption of small self-employed people from VAT is the condition that Junts has put in place to support the anti-crisis decree
Miriam Nogueras Junts spokesperson at the Congress of Deputies has advanced that they will vote in favour of the anti-crisis decree if the PSOE includes among its measures the non-payment of VAT by self-employed people who invoice less than 80,000 euros.
EAJk eta EH Bilduk "benetako memoria" egiteko eskatu diote Sanchezi, eta O23a baino zaharragoak diren testu sekretuak daudela esan dute
Kongresuko ezkerreko oposizioaren blokearentzat ez da nahikoa otsailaren 23ko estatu kolpe saiakerari buruzko dokumentuen desklasifikazioa; PPk eta Voxek, berriz, ke-lainoa baino ez dela uste dute.
Congress rejects Vox's proposal to ban the burka and niqab in public spaces
Only PP and UPN have supported the proposal of the far-right party. Junts has voted against, but has registered his bill while maintaining the demand for a ban. The PNV sees the need to work on the issue, proposing the creation of a sub-committee.
Junts has passed a law against repeat offenders with the support of PSOE, PP, Vox and PNV
With 302 votes in favour, 36 against and 8 abstentions, the initiative amending the Penal Code and the Criminal Procedure Act will now be referred to the Senate, which, among other things, imposes a three-year prison sentence on those who steal mobile phones.
The Spanish Congress will vote today on a law to tighten the penalties for repeat offenders
Government opposition support is expected in this final vote. Junts' reform tightens the penalties for mobile theft.
Sánchez will meet with Junpoettering (ERC) at the beginning of the year to discuss the continuity of the legislature
PP, PSOE and Junts have reached an agreement to tighten the penalty for repeat offenders
Vox and the PNV have supported the initiative.
Junts insists they won't change their position with the PSOE and ask them to make decisions
"There is negotiating time, compliance time and decision-making time. We have negotiated, complied with and made decisions. From now on it is the PSOE that has to make decisions," Miriam Nogueras stressed at a press conference.
Sanchez has acknowledged that his commitments to Junts have not been fulfilled and has announced a decree containing promises
The President of the Spanish Government has acknowledged the crisis with Junts and has announced that the Council of Ministers will today approve the royal decree-law to make municipal investments more flexible and to make commitments to the party. He has also described the accusations of José Luis Ábalos as "false" and that he did not meet with Otegi in 2018.
Junts' abstention has given the Sanchez government a respite in the nuclear vote
Ten days after formalizing his break with the Spanish Government, Carles Puigdemont's party has prevented a PP amendment from succeeding.
Sanchezek "politika handia" egiteko eskatu dio Juntsi, "blokeo jarrerarekin bat egin beharrean"
Diputatuen Kongresuko Osoko Bilkuran egin duen lehen hitzaldian, Espainiako Gobernuko presidentea Carles Puigdemonten alderdiari zuzendu zaio, espreski aipatu gabe eta, zeharka ere, jendearen bizitza hobetzea helburu duten legeak bertan behera uzteko arrazoiak eskatu dizkio.
Junts has formalized a break with the Spanish Government: it will block the laws that are being processed and will be in the future and will not support the Budgets
Junts has announced that it will table amendments to the whole of all the laws tabled by the Spanish Government, that it will vote against those already in process and that it will not support the 2026 budgets.
EH Bildu: "We respect Junts' decision, but we need a new road map."
"What will happen from now on? For the time being, the legislature continues and as long as the window of opportunity remains open, we will continue to work, putting on the table both the Basque Country and the interests of the Basque people," said EH Bildu's senator, Gorka Elejabarrieta, in Egun On.
There will be news: Junts breaks with the PSOE, the Basque Government's draft budget and GOIDI a year
After the breakup of Junts, what now?
From Moncloa they take drama away from the decision and say they're still "outstretched hands," while the PNV warns that "a parliament without a majority or a budget is not sustainable in time."